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Old February 2, 2012, 07:55 AM
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Planning on SSD'ing my PC today... should i get 1x 120GB SSD for Windows / Steam

or get 2x 60GB SSD, One Windows / One Steam-Origin ?

both are 550Read / 500Write
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Old February 2, 2012, 08:44 AM
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1x 120gb and then later get another 120gb, atleast thats what im doing..
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Old February 2, 2012, 08:46 AM
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Single 120. Then you'll have TRIM & not having to deal with raid in case one of the drives dies.
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Old February 2, 2012, 08:52 AM
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alright 120 it is... and cheaper too :P
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Old February 3, 2012, 04:14 PM
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Single 120. Then you'll have TRIM & not having to deal with raid in case one of the drives dies.
I don't think he was talking about RAID, just an OS SSD and a separate apps SSD.
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Old February 3, 2012, 04:22 PM
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alright 120 it is... and cheaper too :P
I'd still get that second SSD as soon as you can afford it. Dewthedew has the right idea.

You'll be surprised how fast that first one fills up.
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Old February 5, 2012, 09:30 AM
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yeah... but i have a 500GB WD Blue to fill that spot :P

i got this one : Canada Computers | Hard Drives | Adata S510 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid Sate Drive (SSD), Read: 550MB/s Write: 510MB/s (AS510S3-120GM-C)
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Old February 5, 2012, 10:37 AM
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woah thats an awesome price for a 120GB SSD.
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Old February 5, 2012, 11:14 AM
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if i wouldnt of bought my i5 . maximux i would of bought 2-3 :P Raid 360GB SSD's :P
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